From 2013 to 2023, the U.S. saw an approximately 67% increase in the number of medical malpractice verdicts awarding $10 million or more.
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On July 10, CMS proposed changes to physician payment policies and The Medicare Merit-based Incentive Payment System MIPS program.
A 2023 report from insurer Humana found that the number of patients receiving care under value-based models has increased by 2.3 million in the last decade. This increase poses the question of whether it has the potential to overtake the…
Niagara Falls, N.Y., has picked up two new physicians in 2024 through its recruitment incentive program, according to a July 22 report in the Niagara Falls Review,
Approximately one-third of practicing physicians are considering either leaving the field or reducing their work hours, according to a July 23 report from the American Medical Association.
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Approximately 75% of physicians have a patient base that is at least 11% covered by Medicare in 2024, according to Medscape's 2024 "Doctors Evaluate Medicare and Medicaid Report," published July 12.
An Overland Park, Kan., physician had his license to practice medicine revoked after pleading guilty to a telemedicine scheme that defrauded Medicare out of about $16 million.
Becker's connected with Brian Patel, MD, senior vice president for medical affairs, medical director and chief quality officer at Sturdy Memorial Hospital in Attleboro, Mass., to find out what development in healthcare he is most interested in.
A judge ruled that Iowa Board of Medicine officials failed to provide all necessary information to a physician accused of incompetence, Iowa Capital Dispatch reported July 15.
A Pikeville, Ky., physician has been sentenced to 32 months in prison for illegally prescribing amphetamines.